PCOS-MEDICATION Messages for April, 2001: Re: Glucophage Side Effects

Re: Glucophage Side Effects

From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 11 Apr 2001 15:04:48 -0500 (CDT)

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Hello all...

Mary is quite correct in saying that you should not just "jump in" to glucophage treatment. Starting with doses even as low as 500mg per day will usually cause nausea and diarrhea. Your doctor should *definitely* start you on a much lower dosage before moving you up to something as high as 850mg 3xs per day.

I would also suggest that women who have PCOS seek out a doctor who is familiar with this syndrome. Studies are turning up all kinds of new treatments and the syndrome is becoming better understood every day, but if you've got a doctor who doesn't follow these changes you will find your treatment options very limited. It's sad to say, but women have to take control of their own medical care these days, and if you do not *demand* a treatment you know to be successfully used by thousands of women, you may not get the appropriate treatment at all. Also, I would suggest finding a compassionate female doctor, as many male doctors do not always sympathize as fully with the sometimes defeminizing aspects of PCOS. I know that I had a very hard time convincing doctors this was something that even needed treatment at all until I finally found a doctor very familiar with the condition who understood how hard it would be for a woman to deal with having hair on her face and chest and being quite overweight.

Sorry for the rant... but we all need to become our own doctors sometimes. I wish you all the best of luck.

~alocasia@yahoo.com

At Sat, 30 Dec 2000, Mary wrote: >
>I just started Gluc. too and from what I've read on this board (search
>the archives for 'met' or 'metformin' or 'glucophage')-- you're not
>really supposed to just jump in with a high dose of glucophage. Not
>that it will harm you--it just gives you the heavy side effects you
>described. My doctor told me to start out with 500 mg a day and work up
>to 1500mg. From what others on this board have said, you can increase
>dose as your side effects subside, or do it week by week or whatever.
>Also, some have said take it in the middle of a meal. Some avoid eating
>dairy with it (tho dairy is ok for me when i take it) Some have said
>dont eat salad with it. Also many avoid high carb meals with it--that
>makes them sicker. Go low carb (under 100 carbs? under 60 maybe?) and
>see if that makes you feel better. Also...work your way up to the dose
>you doc asked you to be on. That sounds like your main prob!
>
>good luck!! :D
>
>At Sat, 30 Dec 2000, anonymous wrote:
>>
>>Hi All, I am new to this board. I was just diagnosed with PCOS and my
>>doctor has put me on 850mg of Met 3x's a day. Today is my second day on
>>this medication and I am so sick with nausea, vomiting and diarrhea
>>(sorry don't mean to be so graphic). Has anyone else suffered from
>>these side effects so soon? Does it last long, or should I have my
>>Doctor lower my dosage? Any advice would be helpful because I can't
>>continue this way much longer.

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